Error with If function in awk script

Question

Hi I've got a awk script and keep getting the error ^ syntax error. i don't understand where it is, here is the code :

BEGIN { 
FS=" " 
COUNT=0 
} 

m = substr($5,4,2)
if ($6 == DAY && m == MONTH)
{
COUNT++
}

END { 
print DAY","MONTH 
}

here the line i write in my script using the awk file:

cat accident.txt | awk -v DAYS=$j -v MONTH=$i -f count-by-week-and-month.awk > $i.txt

Jotne · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-08 17:34:57Z

2

You have some error with {}, try this:

BEGIN { 
FS=" " 
COUNT=0 
} 

{
m = substr($5,4,2)
if ($6 == DAY && m == MONTH)
    COUNT++
}

END { 
print DAY","MONTH 
}

Shorten version (begin block is not needed. FS is default space, and counter is zero)

{ m=substr($5,4,2)
if ($6 == DAY && m == MONTH)
    COUNT++}
END { 
    print DAY","MONTH}

answered Dec 8, 2013 at 17:29

Jotne

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The if needs to be within brackets. You could even shorten it some to what I have added.